Monday, March 25, 2013

Bible Trivia: I'll Sleep When I'm Dead



In Luke 9:57-62, when his disciple’s father dies, Jesus:

A:  tells him to forget about him

B:  tells him that he is in a better place

C:  tells him to bring him his body so he can resurrect him

D:  tells him that his fathers body must be baptized  

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 ANSWER:  A



57 As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”
58 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
59 He said to another man, “Follow me.”
But he replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
60 Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
61 Still another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.”
62 Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.”


A rather calloused Jesus offers little in the way of love and inspiration here.  He tells one man to forget his family and another to abandon the body of his father.  Where did Jesus need to go so badly that he couldn't wait an hour?  Was the timer up on his meter?

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